OMG - RBTL Has Arrived!!!!!

Joe the Fed Ex guy did NOT let me down today.

I was out of the office most of the day, but when I returned, Read Between the Lines was waiting for me on my desk, along with the most beautiful bouquet of flowers delivered by my husband David. And, get this... by design, the flowers perfectly matched all of the colors of my book!

I'm going to have to say it again a few more times... OMG, OMG, OMG!

When I picked RBTL up and held it in my hands for the first time, I was really surprised how it felt. It's heavier than I ever imagined, and it feels like one of those big high quality coffee table books, just on a smaller scale.

Then, when I ran my hand across the cover, I could feel all the incredible embossing that was done by the printer. I knew there would be embossing, but not to the degree that I was feeling. (Thank you Kathryn @ my publishers office, she made all of the paper and embossing decisions) After I got past the details on the front cover, I opened it up.

WOW is all I could say. And all I could think was "Is this really my book?"

To be totally honest, it's too amazing to be MY book... The book that my mom, my publisher and I have been working on to decide all of the smallest little tiny content details for months and months and months. I never imagined Read Between the Lines could be what it is today.

I always had it planned out and designed in my mind, and I knew the information I wanted to include, and the way I wanted the words to speak to my readers. As for the packaging, I wanted it to be one of "those" books that you have to pick up the second you see it.

You could say that irresistibility inside and out was my goal.

And when my mom, my daughter and I flew to Dallas in July to meet with Jessica (the key designer at my publishers office) I knew that she was fully capable of helping me achieve my goal of irresistibility! That day, the four of us together worked for hours choosing the perfect color palette, the perfect fonts, and the perfect placement of the design elements. And just like that, RBTL came together like magic.

Read Between the Lines is irresistible to me. And since I can't put it down, I think I'm going to have to sleep with it under my pillow tonight. :)

Mission accomplished gals!